art master

Chapter 310 Communication
If it was half a year ago, Mu Bai only wanted to be a painter and had no other desires, then he would readily agree to be Ding Guoshi's disciple.

Ding Guoshi was one of the great painters in the Zhou Dynasty. His works were like flowing clouds and flowing water, which made people feel comfortable and peaceful. Even though Mu Bai had experienced two lives, he must admit that he could learn a lot from Ding Guoshi.

But now it's no longer possible. Mu Bai has already set up such a big business and wants to do something for the world. There is no way he can look back.

Now if Mu Bai becomes Ding Guoshi's disciple, then he is completely tied to Ding Guoshi's chariot, and he can get a lot of benefits at this stage.

But in the future, Ding Guoshi is likely to become his barrier.

Besides, he didn't want to join the battle among the national scholars prematurely, because his current strength is still too weak, and in such a struggle, he can only be reduced to a pawn.

After the awards ceremony was over, Mu Bai wanted to go back to eat supper, but was invited by Zhou Guo's staff to attend the celebration banquet.

Zhou Guo's college student painter won the first prize this time, which is an achievement worth celebrating.

Mu Bai agreed, it would be a bit unreasonable if he didn't participate.

Mu Bai was very busy at the dinner. Zhou Guo’s teachers, students, and staff all wanted to come and have a word with Mu Bai.

Fortunately, Ding Xiyan came over from the organizing committee on the way, and rescued him on the grounds that he wanted to talk to him alone.

The two of them took a glass of wine each and came to the large balcony of the hotel.

There are also tables and chairs on the balcony. Close the balcony door, enjoy the cool night breeze, watch the moon shuttle through the clouds, and listen to the night insects from downstairs.

Compared with the bustle in the room, this place is like another world.

Mu Bai sat on the chair a little tiredly: "This kind of communication is too boring."

"It's not interesting to you," Ding Xiyan sat elegantly across from Mu Bai. She wore a light-colored long dress today, and her temperament was as blue as a blue.

After a pause, Ding Xiyan said again: "Your "Goddess of Luck" impresses me, the person in the painting should be your little girlfriend?"

"She is not small at all." Mu Bai explained again with a smile.

He remembered that someone had described Ji Yuanjie like this before, and Mu Bai also refuted it in the same way, after all, his girlfriend should be big.

Ding Xiyan smiled, did not continue this topic, but asked again: "What you said on the stage at night is what you think in your heart?"

"Those words?"

"The words about not wanting to worship my father as a teacher."

"I never said I didn't want to." Mu Bai thought for a while before saying, "It's just that it's not appropriate to be a teacher now."

Ding Xiyan put away his smile: "You have such painting skills at this age, and you have managed such a big business. It is not too much to say that you are a genius, but you want to be a businessman for the rest of your life?"

In this world, the status of businessmen is far lower than that of national scholars and bachelors.

Even though the status of businessmen has improved in recent years, they are still far behind bachelors and even students in the Hongwen Museum.

This is also the reason why businessmen will use money to clear the way, fully provide for the children of the family to study, and try their best to be admitted to the Hongwen Academy.

Ding Xiyan persuaded: "The right way is to enter the Hongwen Museum as soon as possible."

Mu Bai smiled and said: "I will enter the Hongwen Museum in the future, and my ambition is far from what a studio can accommodate.

"But food has to be eaten bite by bite. Now is the time to lay the foundation of my career. At this time, I need to be more solid, so that I can go more steadily in the future."

"With a national scholar as your backer, wouldn't it be easier to realize your ambition?"

Mu Bai took a sip of his wine, smiled at Ding Xiyan and said, "Some things have to be done by yourself, and it's boring to rely on others to achieve it."

Ding Xiyan looked into Mu Bai's eyes: "I know what your concerns are. You are afraid of getting involved in the battles of the national soldiers, but you have already provoked Ming Honglang, and it was you who provoked it on your own initiative."

"This is not called provoking!" Mu Bai smiled and said: "This is a righteous counterattack! In my eyes, Ming Honglang is just a powerful old man who has begun to decay. There is nothing he can't provoke."

Ding Xiyan sighed: "I really don't know if you are fearless or just innocent."

"Half and half." Mu Bai took another sip of wine: "When I don't have to grovel in front of the national scholar, I will ask Ding Guoshi for advice.

"If Ding Guoshi was still willing to accept me as an apprentice at that time, I would kowtow to be a teacher."

Ding Xiyan shook his head and leaned on the back of the chair: "Hey, I really don't understand young people nowadays."

Although he failed to recruit Mu Bai, it was clear that Mu Bai was relatively close to their father and daughter. Moreover, Mu Bai seemed to have great ambitions and might become a national scholar in the future.

In that case, the father and daughter would be of great help.

Ding Xiyan was drinking, thinking about making a bigger investment in Mu Bai.

The banquet didn't end until midnight. At the end of the banquet, the captain of Zhou State's staff informed everyone that many dignitaries from Jin State would entertain everyone at noon tomorrow, so that everyone could get ready.

The afternoon activity is to visit the commercial street and Baicheng Lake in Jin State with college student painters from other countries.

In the excitement of everyone, the banquet officially ended.

Mu Bai dragged his tired body back to the room, took off his dress, washed his face and went to sleep.

He slept until after nine o'clock the next day, only to wake up when the staff knocked on the door.

Mu Bai frowned inside the door and asked, "Didn't the banquet start after eleven o'clock?"

The staff said: "To show respect, we have to enter the venue before 10:30."

Mu Bai touched his face: "Okay, I'll take a shower and wake up."

"breakfast……"

"Don't eat." Mu Bai yawned: "I'm already hungry."

Mu Bai went to take a shower before fully waking up, then he put on casual clothes and went to the third floor of the hotel.

After walking a few steps, the staff stopped Mu Bai and said, "Your clothes are not suitable. I suggest you wear something more formal."

Mu Bai smiled and said: "There is nothing wrong with dressing more formally for the award ceremony yesterday. It was out of respect for the painting, the judges, the contestants and myself.

"Today, the officials of the Jin State hosted us for a banquet. Both sides are dealing with the formula, and we don't need to be so up-to-date."

"That being said, but..."

Mu Bai waved his hand: "Okay, I'll go first, if my outfit offends the officials, I'll change it when I come back."

Without giving the staff a chance to stop him, Mu Bai went directly to the elevator.

At the entrance of the banquet hall, Mu Bai met Gongsun Huai again: "What a coincidence, you just arrived?"

"No, I was waiting for you." Gongsun Huai said as he entered the door: "I can talk to this year's No.1, and I can brag when I go back."

Gongsun Huai was also wearing casual attire, he looked at Mu Bai's attire: "Did no one remind you that it's inappropriate to wear this?"

Mu Bai said with a smile: "We are in the same boat, you still have the nerve to talk about me?"

"Hey, you're different from me. Even if I get No.3, I'm still a painter from a small country. No one takes me seriously." Gongsun Huai found a place to sit down:
"It's different for you, a native of Zhou. You're still No. 1. I'm afraid there will be a lot of dignitaries who want to talk to you soon, so naturally you have to dress more elegantly."

Mu Bai sat opposite Gongsun Huai: "I don't think as much as you do, I think wearing a dress is too tiring."

"Sure enough, it's No.1." Gongsun Huai said with a smile, "You can be so capricious."

Mu Bai smiled and shook his head. The more Gongsun Huai talked about "No.1", the more he showed that he didn't pay much attention to this No.1.

There was no one in the banquet hall at this meeting, and the two of them talked about a wide range of topics, including "Inuyasha" and some internationally famous manga.

The popularity of "Inuyasha" in the world is still too low, at least few people have heard of it outside the Zhou Kingdom.

While chatting, Gongsun Huai talked about his painting experience. He actually liked comics more and studied comics more deeply.

At least in Weiguo, he was already a well-known cartoonist, and one comic was even adapted into an animated movie.

It's a pity that Weiguo's population base is too small, only about 2000 million. No matter how good he is, it is difficult to achieve higher achievements.

Especially for cartoonists from a small country like him, it is difficult to open up the international market.

Mu Bai also talked about his studio, and at this point, he already had the intention of recruiting Gongsun Huai.

After all, Gongsun Huai can draw comics and won the No.3 in the world-class art competition. In Gongsun Huai's own words, he is a genius in the painting world.

However, Gongsun Huai seemed to be very satisfied with the life in Weiguo. He only said that he would visit it if he had the chance, but he didn't seem to be very interested in the Guofeng Studio.

During the chat, classmates and teachers came one after another. Everyone was wearing formal dresses like yesterday, and there were five of them and six of them.

Mu Bai and Gongsun Huai stood out among the crowd.

Gongsun Huai whispered: "This effect is not what I want."

Mu Bai also nodded helplessly. The two of them wanted to be a noob, but they accidentally caught everyone's attention.

When it was almost eleven o'clock, the dignitaries also rushed over.

The students who can attend the award ceremony are all future leaders in the painting circles from various countries.

Out of courtesy, politicians will also entertain teachers and students from various countries. Maybe they are suspected of dealing with official business, but they can't see it on the surface.

Before the banquet started, there was a free communication session. The politicians naturally wanted to meet the No.1 of this art competition, and Mu Bai was not stage-frightened. He chatted with them, and many people praised Mu Bai for his style.

Gongsun Huai has been by Mu Bai's side all the time, it's not that he wants to take advantage of Mu Bai's enthusiasm, but that after Mu Bai left, he was the only student in casual clothes sitting there, really like "thick green, ten thousand branches and a little red", Make him fidget.

And following Mu Bai, with Mu Bai, the No. 1 "tall guy" supporting him, he didn't feel so uncomfortable.

The governor of Jiangcheng Mansion was the last dignitary to arrive. Jiangcheng is the capital of Jin State. The fact that the governor came here really showed that Jin State attaches great importance to this competition.

When the governor saw Mu Bai, he praised Mu Bai first, and then asked, "It's been so many days since I came to Jin, how do you feel about Jin?"

"The building is quite unique," Mu Bai said with a smile: "There are also a lot of pasta. As for the deeper feelings, I have not yet. After all, it is the first time for me to come to Jin."

The governor said casually: "You are welcome to visit us at any time in the future."

Mu Bai's heart moved, and he suddenly asked: "The governor said so, I must come here often. Since I come here often, can I open my branch office in Jiangcheng?"

"Ah?" The governor was so confused, he was just polite, why did this young man take it seriously?

Following the words, the governor asked, "What type of company?"

"Cultural website and studio." Mu Bai briefly introduced Guofeng.com and Guofeng Studio.

"We naturally welcome foreign companies to invest." The governor said with a smile, "Do you work in this studio? Or?"

"I am the director of this studio." Mu Bai replied.

This was somewhat beyond the governor's expectations. At first, he thought that Mu Bai could not make the decision: "How big is the studio? You also know that Jiangcheng is the capital of Jin, and the cost of starting a company is higher than other places." .”

"Assets over [-] million."

Gongsun Huai who was standing behind Mu Bai was stunned. Although Mu Bai talked about his studio just now, he didn't expect Mu Bai's studio to have such a large scale.

The governor nodded slightly, a studio of this scale is not small: "Jiangcheng welcomes you to invest at any time."

Mu Bai said straight away: "When I bring a team to open a branch in the future, I hope I can visit you."

"That's no problem, when the time comes, you can go to the Governor's Mansion and find me."

Simply settle this matter, and the banquet will begin.

Mu Bai was placed at the table where the governor and other dignitaries were sitting. Mu Bai talked to them about the customs and customs of various countries, and they had a tacit understanding and did not talk about opening a branch.

The luncheon lasted for more than an hour, and the dignitaries left one after another.

Mu Bai and the others were organized by the organizer to go shopping in the distinctive commercial street of Jin State, and Mu Bai took the opportunity to buy souvenirs.

He saw that there was a very good small key ring in a store, so Mu Bai bought [-] of them directly, sent them back to Zhou State by express, and gave one to each employee in the studio. Row of souvenirs.

As for the souvenirs of Ji Yuanjie and others, they naturally had to be selected individually.

Gongsun Huai looked at Mu Bai as if he didn't want money when he bought things, and he said with a little bit of grit, "I know you have a lot of money, but there is no way to spend it like this!"

Mu Bai smiled and said: "Not only do I have a lot of money, I also have a lot of friends. How can I go back empty-handed after a trip? I will go back to China tomorrow, but I don't have time to go shopping again, so I'll buy it now."

While talking, Mu Bai bought a lot of things and asked the merchants to deliver them to the front desk of the hotel. After that, Mu Bai boarded the cruise ship with a relaxed face and enjoyed the scenery on Baicheng Lake.

Mu Bai sat by the window leisurely, talking to Gongsun Huai about the seaside scenery.

Weiguo is an inland country, Gongsun Huai wants to go abroad even if he wants to play by the sea, he is somewhat fascinated by Mu Bai's talk about Pinghai Mansion Resort, and the two agreed that Mu Bai will take Gongsun Huai to Pinghai Mansion Resort if there is a chance in the future.

During the chat, Gongsun Huai suddenly asked Mu Bai: "Have you ever thought about opening a branch in Weiguo?"

(End of this chapter)